Campbell claims gold at World Cup

Alan Campbell powered to a gold medal as he won the single scull final at the World Cup in Munich on Sunday.

The Coleraine man, representing Great Britain, finished over a second ahead of the Czech Republic.

Richard Chambers and his Great Britain crew finished second to China in the lightweight fours final.

Richard Archibald failed to become the third Coleraine rower to secure a medal when his Irish crew came fifth in the same race.

Campbell dominated the race and led at the 500m, 100m and 1500m markers before winning in 7.26.28 seconds.

That was well over a second ahead of his Czech challenger while Norway completed the podium places.

China edged out the GB crew by just 0.59 seconds in the lightweight fours final.

Ireland stayed in fifth for most of the race and finished over six seconds behind the Chinese winners.

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